Peranakan Indonesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic نَفْس (nafs, spirit, life). Doublet of nafsoe.

Noun

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napsoe

  1. passion, lust, appetite, anger
    kerna ja poenja napsoe birahi[1]...because the person has lust.

References

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  1. ^ Tjoe Bou San (1907) Pembalesan Kedji (in Peranakan Indonesian), Sin Po, page 24